{"id":59345,"date":"2021-01-19T13:52:30","date_gmt":"2021-01-19T21:52:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.110pounds.com\/?p=59345"},"modified":"2021-01-19T13:52:31","modified_gmt":"2021-01-19T21:52:31","slug":"longer-weekend","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.110pounds.com\/?p=59345","title":{"rendered":"Longer Weekend"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In the last year it&#8217;s definitely been hard to get excited about weekends or long weekends. Pre-pandemic we&#8217;d impatiently countdown the holidays and weekends. Now? Every day is pretty much the same. Weekends are pretty much just like a Wednesday. The only difference is that on nice weekends (i.e. not pouring rain) we try and get outside for a hike as a family.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Saturday we went to <strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.oregonmetro.gov\/parks\/orenco-woods-nature-park\">Orenco Woods Nature Park<\/a>. <\/span><\/strong> It&#8217;s out in Hillsboro, so quite a trek for us. But I&#8217;m glad we went. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery columns-2 is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\"><ul class=\"blocks-gallery-grid\"><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"720\" height=\"960\" src=\"http:\/\/www.110pounds.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/139828485_10158782020007527_3652849003788634579_n.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"59346\" data-link=\"http:\/\/www.110pounds.com\/?attachment_id=59346\" class=\"wp-image-59346\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.110pounds.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/139828485_10158782020007527_3652849003788634579_n.jpg 720w, https:\/\/www.110pounds.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/139828485_10158782020007527_3652849003788634579_n-225x300.jpg 225w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 720px) 100vw, 720px\" \/><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"720\" height=\"960\" src=\"http:\/\/www.110pounds.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/139721604_10158782019682527_1688827071540307227_n.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"59347\" data-full-url=\"http:\/\/www.110pounds.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/139721604_10158782019682527_1688827071540307227_n.jpg\" data-link=\"http:\/\/www.110pounds.com\/?attachment_id=59347\" class=\"wp-image-59347\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.110pounds.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/139721604_10158782019682527_1688827071540307227_n.jpg 720w, https:\/\/www.110pounds.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/139721604_10158782019682527_1688827071540307227_n-225x300.jpg 225w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 720px) 100vw, 720px\" \/><\/figure><\/li><\/ul><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>There were lots of super cool things for kids! A sandbox, swings, climbing structure (Logan got to the top!), bridges, paths, lots of &#8220;art&#8221;.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery columns-2 is-cropped wp-block-gallery-2 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\"><ul class=\"blocks-gallery-grid\"><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"720\" height=\"960\" src=\"http:\/\/www.110pounds.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/139507067_10158782020777527_6812098559735756679_n.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"59348\" data-link=\"http:\/\/www.110pounds.com\/?attachment_id=59348\" class=\"wp-image-59348\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.110pounds.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/139507067_10158782020777527_6812098559735756679_n.jpg 720w, https:\/\/www.110pounds.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/139507067_10158782020777527_6812098559735756679_n-225x300.jpg 225w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 720px) 100vw, 720px\" \/><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"720\" height=\"960\" src=\"http:\/\/www.110pounds.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/139564169_10158782021142527_6322729992480673256_n.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"59349\" data-full-url=\"http:\/\/www.110pounds.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/139564169_10158782021142527_6322729992480673256_n.jpg\" data-link=\"http:\/\/www.110pounds.com\/?attachment_id=59349\" class=\"wp-image-59349\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.110pounds.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/139564169_10158782021142527_6322729992480673256_n.jpg 720w, https:\/\/www.110pounds.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/139564169_10158782021142527_6322729992480673256_n-225x300.jpg 225w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 720px) 100vw, 720px\" \/><\/figure><\/li><\/ul><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery columns-2 is-cropped wp-block-gallery-3 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\"><ul class=\"blocks-gallery-grid\"><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"720\" height=\"960\" src=\"http:\/\/www.110pounds.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/139933813_10158782020932527_8588626042637813505_n.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"59350\" data-link=\"http:\/\/www.110pounds.com\/?attachment_id=59350\" class=\"wp-image-59350\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.110pounds.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/139933813_10158782020932527_8588626042637813505_n.jpg 720w, https:\/\/www.110pounds.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/139933813_10158782020932527_8588626042637813505_n-225x300.jpg 225w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 720px) 100vw, 720px\" \/><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"720\" height=\"960\" src=\"http:\/\/www.110pounds.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/139659441_10158782020242527_8445269340764977334_n.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"59351\" data-full-url=\"http:\/\/www.110pounds.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/139659441_10158782020242527_8445269340764977334_n.jpg\" data-link=\"http:\/\/www.110pounds.com\/?attachment_id=59351\" class=\"wp-image-59351\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.110pounds.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/139659441_10158782020242527_8445269340764977334_n.jpg 720w, https:\/\/www.110pounds.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/139659441_10158782020242527_8445269340764977334_n-225x300.jpg 225w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 720px) 100vw, 720px\" \/><\/figure><\/li><\/ul><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>It was chilly but not rainy. Logan got the wiggles out running around the paths. There were a bunch of them, little trails and some nature preserve areas (those areas were not for dogs). <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"720\" height=\"960\" src=\"http:\/\/www.110pounds.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/139770370_10158782020377527_4048812172794444786_n.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-59355\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.110pounds.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/139770370_10158782020377527_4048812172794444786_n.jpg 720w, https:\/\/www.110pounds.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/139770370_10158782020377527_4048812172794444786_n-225x300.jpg 225w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 720px) 100vw, 720px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The art was so cool! Logan had so much fun exploring. The climbing web was by far his favorite thing there. He didn&#8217;t want to leave the park. Often times when we go hiking he loses steam around the 1.5 mile mark and starts whining about going home. But this park was such a hit we practically had to drag him to the car. \ud83d\ude09<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery columns-1 is-cropped wp-block-gallery-4 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\"><ul class=\"blocks-gallery-grid\"><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"720\" height=\"960\" src=\"http:\/\/www.110pounds.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/139554629_10158782019847527_7625844550964151673_n.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"59353\" data-full-url=\"http:\/\/www.110pounds.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/139554629_10158782019847527_7625844550964151673_n.jpg\" data-link=\"http:\/\/www.110pounds.com\/?attachment_id=59353\" class=\"wp-image-59353\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.110pounds.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/139554629_10158782019847527_7625844550964151673_n.jpg 720w, https:\/\/www.110pounds.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/139554629_10158782019847527_7625844550964151673_n-225x300.jpg 225w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 720px) 100vw, 720px\" \/><\/figure><\/li><\/ul><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery columns-2 is-cropped wp-block-gallery-5 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\"><ul class=\"blocks-gallery-grid\"><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"720\" height=\"960\" src=\"http:\/\/www.110pounds.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/139602602_10158782020857527_213489729356489492_n.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"59354\" data-link=\"http:\/\/www.110pounds.com\/?attachment_id=59354\" class=\"wp-image-59354\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.110pounds.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/139602602_10158782020857527_213489729356489492_n.jpg 720w, https:\/\/www.110pounds.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/139602602_10158782020857527_213489729356489492_n-225x300.jpg 225w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 720px) 100vw, 720px\" \/><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"720\" height=\"960\" src=\"http:\/\/www.110pounds.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/139583624_10158782019517527_5806621388057904341_n.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"59358\" data-full-url=\"http:\/\/www.110pounds.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/139583624_10158782019517527_5806621388057904341_n.jpg\" data-link=\"http:\/\/www.110pounds.com\/?attachment_id=59358\" class=\"wp-image-59358\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.110pounds.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/139583624_10158782019517527_5806621388057904341_n.jpg 720w, https:\/\/www.110pounds.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/139583624_10158782019517527_5806621388057904341_n-225x300.jpg 225w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 720px) 100vw, 720px\" \/><\/figure><\/li><\/ul><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>When we got home I baked a loaf of sourdough. I am so happy we have a new oven and I can get back to baking bread! My favorite recipe is great and the bread turns out fantastic. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery columns-3 is-cropped wp-block-gallery-6 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\"><ul class=\"blocks-gallery-grid\"><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"720\" height=\"960\" src=\"http:\/\/www.110pounds.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/138725406_10158782396617527_2176342315150719676_n.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"59363\" data-link=\"http:\/\/www.110pounds.com\/?attachment_id=59363\" class=\"wp-image-59363\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.110pounds.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/138725406_10158782396617527_2176342315150719676_n.jpg 720w, https:\/\/www.110pounds.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/138725406_10158782396617527_2176342315150719676_n-225x300.jpg 225w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 720px) 100vw, 720px\" \/><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"720\" height=\"960\" src=\"http:\/\/www.110pounds.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/139570949_10158782396752527_1994401558898918967_n.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"59364\" data-link=\"http:\/\/www.110pounds.com\/?attachment_id=59364\" class=\"wp-image-59364\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.110pounds.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/139570949_10158782396752527_1994401558898918967_n.jpg 720w, https:\/\/www.110pounds.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/139570949_10158782396752527_1994401558898918967_n-225x300.jpg 225w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 720px) 100vw, 720px\" \/><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"720\" height=\"960\" src=\"http:\/\/www.110pounds.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/139576011_10158782396647527_597432986116216952_n.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"59365\" data-full-url=\"http:\/\/www.110pounds.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/139576011_10158782396647527_597432986116216952_n.jpg\" data-link=\"http:\/\/www.110pounds.com\/?attachment_id=59365\" class=\"wp-image-59365\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.110pounds.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/139576011_10158782396647527_597432986116216952_n.jpg 720w, https:\/\/www.110pounds.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/139576011_10158782396647527_597432986116216952_n-225x300.jpg 225w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 720px) 100vw, 720px\" \/><\/figure><\/li><\/ul><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Monday was a holiday, and one that is a little bittersweet with all of the awful racial things that have been happening in our country. And I took Tuesday off because it was my birthday. Another rather bittersweet day. Last year we were in Hawaii on an amazing trip for my birthday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Monday I took Logan to <strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thprd.org\/parks-and-trails\/fanno-creek-trail\">Fanno Creek Trail in Tigard<\/a>.<\/span><\/strong> It was super cool! We parked at the Garden Home Rec Center and picked up the trail there (behind the playground). I guess the whole thing is 4.5 miles long and it&#8217;s ADA accessible (paved) the whole way. A great trail for kids. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery columns-2 is-cropped wp-block-gallery-7 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\"><ul class=\"blocks-gallery-grid\"><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"720\" height=\"960\" src=\"http:\/\/www.110pounds.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/140030465_10158787132862527_361495811749066089_n.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"59367\" data-link=\"http:\/\/www.110pounds.com\/?attachment_id=59367\" class=\"wp-image-59367\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.110pounds.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/140030465_10158787132862527_361495811749066089_n.jpg 720w, https:\/\/www.110pounds.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/140030465_10158787132862527_361495811749066089_n-225x300.jpg 225w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 720px) 100vw, 720px\" \/><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"720\" height=\"960\" src=\"http:\/\/www.110pounds.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/140229618_10158787132667527_7948701281226186454_n.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"59368\" data-full-url=\"http:\/\/www.110pounds.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/140229618_10158787132667527_7948701281226186454_n.jpg\" data-link=\"http:\/\/www.110pounds.com\/?attachment_id=59368\" class=\"wp-image-59368\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.110pounds.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/140229618_10158787132667527_7948701281226186454_n.jpg 720w, https:\/\/www.110pounds.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/140229618_10158787132667527_7948701281226186454_n-225x300.jpg 225w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 720px) 100vw, 720px\" \/><\/figure><\/li><\/ul><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"720\" height=\"960\" src=\"http:\/\/www.110pounds.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/140685454_10158787132942527_979003694344044785_n.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-59369\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.110pounds.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/140685454_10158787132942527_979003694344044785_n.jpg 720w, https:\/\/www.110pounds.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/140685454_10158787132942527_979003694344044785_n-225x300.jpg 225w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 720px) 100vw, 720px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>It was a really cool trail through neighborhoods. The trail was wide enough for people to be safe. There were bridges, we saw a bunny and a creek. I think the trail is pretty long but we did 1 mile or so and then turned around. Michael&#8217;s mom joined us (Michael was working). It was a nice outing!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"720\" height=\"960\" src=\"http:\/\/www.110pounds.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/139992852_10158787132987527_8377552804906774599_n.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-59370\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.110pounds.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/139992852_10158787132987527_8377552804906774599_n.jpg 720w, https:\/\/www.110pounds.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/139992852_10158787132987527_8377552804906774599_n-225x300.jpg 225w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 720px) 100vw, 720px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>And then we came home and I tried my hand at making ciabatta bread for the first time. It was a very slow, easy weekend, not much going on but it felt nice at the same time. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In the last year it&#8217;s definitely been hard to get excited about weekends or long weekends. Pre-pandemic we&#8217;d impatiently countdown the holidays and weekends. Now? Every day is pretty much the same. Weekends are pretty much just like a Wednesday. 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